The program concentrates on understanding the processes of social and political change in the Middle East, paying particular attention to the drivers of change; hopes to establish a Program on New Approaches to Middle East Security

Has its headquarters at Bateen Air Force Base; flight training is carried out at Al Ain Air Base in the east, near the Omani border; fighter fleet is at Al Dhafra Air Force Base; another base is at Al Minhad from where helicopters operate